Windows remains stable and is used by 1.5 billion users

Windows may no longer be Microsoft's biggest business, but it remains our primary point of contact with the giant Redmond company.

1.5 billion users use Windows, Android is above with 2 billion

Today there are more people using a Smartphone than those using a computer. It is estimated that Android is used by 2 billion users and more than 1 billion users use iOS, Windows is placing itself in an intermediate point between the two, remaining stable compared to a year ago.

In September 2017, Satya Nadella confirmed to Bloomberg that there were 1 billion Windows users, but the company later issued an official statement that updated the figure to 1.5 billion.

The numbers remain stable compared to a year ago

Today Microsoft updated its site 'Microsoft by the Numbers', which reaffirms the 1.5 billion Windows PCs and laptops. We don't know, of course, when the date for this figure is, but since the site has just been revamped after being unchanged for a year, it appears to be somewhat recent.

If the number is new, Microsoft deserves credit for having overcome the challenges to its business inherited from Google with its Chrome devices and Apple with iPad for Business, both with the threat of invading the control of your company. Microsoft has been growing its corporate business, seeing sales of the Pro version of its Windows software increase 8% year-on-year in its latest financial statements.

Apparently, Microsoft has managed to keep the number of users at 1.5 billion, but has not been able to increase that number in a year, so the figure remains stable but does not grow. This means that, if Microsoft wants to increase this number, it will have to have a solution for the mobile market, which it abandoned a while ago. What do you think?

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